Cultural Competence, Spirituality, and Transcendence in Times of Crises Guest Presenter: Alexis Abernathy, PhD, CGP, FAGPA Saturday, & Sunday, April 21-22, 2018 Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC This event is co-sponsored by The Washington School of Psychiatry Conference Description: The Spring Conference offers a unique learning experience through large group meetings and dialogue, didactic information-sharing and demonstration, and small process…
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Saturday, April 7, 2018 – “Force Majeure” Discussant: Brian Cross, PhD Brian Cross, PhD will be presenting “Force Majeure” on Saturday April 7, 2018, at Lorraine and Dan Wodiska’s house. The New York Times described it as a “dark Swedish comedy. …Just under the surface of a seemingly blissful marriage run fissures that a sudden jolt can…
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MAGPS 2018 Spring Conference – An Interview with Alexis Abernathy, PhD, CGP, FAGPA By Rose McIntyre, LCSW, CGP On behalf of MAGPS, I had the pleasure of speaking with Alexis Abernethy PhD., CGP, FAGPA about our Spring 2018 Conference where she will present on ” Cultural Competence, Spirituality, and Transcendence in Times of Crises”. Dr. Abernethy is…
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Saturday, February 10, 2018 – “Get Out” Discussant: Raquel Willerman, PhD, LCSW & Warren Levy The Movie ‘Get Out’ Is a Strong Antidote to the Myth of ‘Postracial’ America (NYT) “Get Out” speaks in several voices on several themes. It subverts the horror genre itself — which has the well-documented habit of killing off black characters…
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Save the Date MAGPS 2018 SPRING CONFERENCE Saturday and Sunday April 21-22, 2018 Saint Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, DC Cultural Competence, Spirituality, and Transcendence in Times of Crises Presenter: Alexis D. Abernathy, PhD, CGP, FAGPA In these turbulent times when divisions seem more prominent and the first impulse seems to be judgment rather than understanding, one way forward may be…
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Judy Tyson interviews Liz Marsh on presenting “Cabaret” for the MAGPS Cinema Series December 9, 2017 movie. CINEMA SERIES INTERVIEW Judy Tyson and Liz Marsh JUDY: Liz, I’d like to begin by asking you to say a bit about your choice to present a film for the Cinema Series. LIZ: I co-chair the MAGPS membership committee. At a meeting we…
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We wanted to let you all know that photographs from the 2017 Fall Conference have been posted to the MAGPS Facebook page. You can also CLICK HERE to view the wonderful photos provided generously by David Rose, PhD, CGP. Thank you all for a wonderful conference weekend!
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One of MAGPS missions is to support standards of practice and training in group psychotherapy. The Project outreach, and Mentoring chairs of MAGPS have developed a program which will help MAGPS group therapists who do not yet have a certification of group psychotherapy (CGP) work towards this certificate. While promoting standards of excellence, this program also will increase the available pool…
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Dr. Robert Pepper Sunday, November 12, 2017 9 am to 4 pm CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! CLICK HERE FOR A SPECIAL PREVIEW Two BIG Ideas in One Workshop: Consequences when Altering the Frame and Unconventional Group Therapy Interventions Altering the frame of analytic group treatment always has consequences. In the morning, Dr. Robert Pepper will address the 8…
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Lenore Pomerance interviews Maryetta Andrews-Sachs and Bob Zeskind on presenting “The Great Dictator” for the MAGPS Cinema Series September 23, 2017 movie. LMP: At our last movie, we talked about the new MAGPS theme of taking in the political, social and psychological challenges of today and reflecting our response to them in our educational programs. Bob, you spontaneously thought…
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